iPei Guestbook 'pg' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	31911
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-4751
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 24 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 16 2015 05:52PM
Credit:	Ghost Hacker
Vulnerable:	iPei Guestbook 1.7 iPei Guestbook 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

iPei Guestbook 'pg' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

iPei Guestbook is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

iPei Guestbook 'pg' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?pg=c0d3_xss

iPei Guestbook 'pg' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

iPei Guestbook 'pg' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Guestbook Homepage (iPei)
  
• iPei cross site scripting Vulnerablity (Ghost hacker )